Flu and Covid jabs locally

[Sue]

44 minutes ago, Azalea said:

If you’ve got a cold then put some tissues inside the mask.  What kind of mask(s) do you have, carry, wear?    

Can't remember where I got them, online somewhere recommended by my daughter, but they are cloth and brightly coloured and fit quite tightly around my nose and mouth. I've still got a stock of them.

Tissues inside might help a bit,  but if you have a very runny nose you basically need to keep removing the mask to blow it.

Luckily I have only had to go out once when I've had  a bad cold.

Sorry, probably too much information.

[Azalea]

2 hours ago, Sue said:

Can't remember where I got them, online somewhere recommended by my daughter, but they are cloth and brightly coloured and fit quite tightly around my nose and mouth. I've still got a stock of them.

Tissues inside might help a bit,  but if you have a very runny nose you basically need to keep removing the mask to blow it.

Luckily I have only had to go out once when I've had  a bad cold.

Sorry, probably too much information.

You need ffp3 masks.

[Sue]

7 hours ago, Azalea said:

You need ffp3 masks.

Sorry to be dim, but how would that help if I had a cold?

I am not so vulnerable that I need extra protection from the mask itself.

Just looked. My masks are from rosimask and  have a load of stuff stamped on them including FFP2.

Edited yesterday at 08:38 by Sue

[Sally Eva]

This link says cloth masks don't do much any way. 

https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/46/1/e84/7337687?login=false

shame because so many are so pretty

[Penguin68]

They are probably better at protecting others from you rather than the reverse, but not brilliant at either. 

[George Orwell]

FFP3 here

https://www.medisave.co.uk/products/3m-aura-9330-ffp3-unvalved-respirator-face-mask-box-of-20?_pos=2&_sid=82ab66359&_ss=r&_gl=1*15nc3an*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..

and

https://www.medisave.co.uk/products/ffp3-face-mask-x20?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=8b67b9be8&pr_rec_pid=8201400189211&pr_ref_pid=15314464440694&pr_seq=uniform

Edited 21 hours ago by George Orwell

[Azalea]

6 hours ago, Sue said:

Sorry to be dim, but how would that help if I had a cold?

I am not so vulnerable that I need extra protection from the mask itself.

Just looked. My masks are from rosimask and  have a load of stuff stamped on them including FFP2.

The tissues would absorb secretions from your nose.

[Azalea]

Did you know that registered medical practioners are supposed to report a notifiable disease to the UK HEALTH security Agency UKHSA. This includes COVID-19.  There’s  quite a long list of other diseases they must report too. They include cholera, diphtheria, acute infectious  hepatitis A/B/C, acute meningitis and acute enchephalitis.

[Sue]

11 hours ago, Azalea said:

Did you know that registered medical practioners are supposed to report a notifiable disease to the UK HEALTH security Agency UKHSA. This includes COVID-19.  There’s  quite a long list of other diseases they must report too. They include cholera, diphtheria, acute infectious  hepatitis A/B/C, acute meningitis and acute enchephalitis.

Surely that can't be every case of Covid?

A doctor wouldn't even know about most of them. 

Is it just where it's serious enough for hospitalisation?

What's the point?

[George Orwell]

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